Renaming Worksheet Tabs in an Excel Workbook

1. right click on the sheet label
2. left click on "rename" in the drop-down box
3. type away
4. press return
5. "Robert is your mother's brother."

Hi, If you are familiar with Visual Basic you could write a short code in order to rename each tab.

If you don´t know you are proficient in VB, just press F11 and you will know.

Thanks and luck.

seems that there is no way to make it as a lot , finish one time.

just change it one by one .

You can select multiple sheets by holding Ctrl button then go through the process PW gave you. I can't remember if it will automatically sequence... to unselect when you finish, single click on an unselected tab.

no clicking necessary.. just hit enter, after typing, and the ctrl-pgdn to go to the next sheet, or ctrl-pgup to go to the previous one.

and you can do anything in vba that you can do manually, so don't listen to those who say it can only be done manually. you are ten generations into excel here.. it is the most powerful calculator application on the planet... and has that reputation for a reason.

Chris

Thanks Chris, It worked.

I wrote an inverse to this...dynamically naming a cell the same thing as the sheet!

i.e. So in sheet Budget 234 you can have a title saying Budget 234

Add this in your vb editor:

Function sheetname() As String

sheetname = ActiveSheet.Name

End Function

and then just put =sheetname() in the cell you want the title to show up in and hit enter. tada! The most used one-liner in my arsenal.

So now copy as many of the template sheet as you want...name them whatever you want and have their contents customized a bit automatically! I use this whenever I have loadcase specific calculations (I do stress engineering) or dated data...anything with repetitive sheets and very similar contents.

Hi Chris..

I also used ur "ONE HIT" vba .. BUT......

it is usfull for a new and only one worksheet. If a user has already created more than 30 workbooks with various names. Now He wants to rename all sheets as Product1~Product30..... in this situation how can we use this VBA..

u can email me at tiputhelord@gmail.com

thanks

Adil

the following will help to flip through the collection of tabs in a sheet.

Sub NextSheet()
Dim lCount As Long

lCount = Sheets.Count

If ActiveSheet.Index = lCount Then
Sheets(1).Select
Else
Sheets(ActiveSheet.Index + 1).Select
End If

End Sub

source discussion:

http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55989

Chris

Earnest,

Hats off!

Thank you very much, it worked.

Nayek

Dear earnest

I used to work with a excel book contain 35 sheets at least.

I used to change all tabs name manually.

pls give me a way to come out from this

I am very new to VB

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No there is only one way which you already know.....Bali

Right click on the tab and rename it.

If you right click on the tab it will give you the option to rename that tab you chose.

To guest / 'Blonde' commentor about free info. I've found the best answers happen when people Read the post properly before flying off the cuff.

Go back and re-read the post, the originator was looking for a way to do multiple sheet renames an with an incremental replacement rather than doing it the individual way - Not likely a "homewaork" problem. It's a question that has occurred to me while renaming sheets manually. The solutions offered here are fantastic, unique and I will use.

I appreciate the willingness of people to contribute and share, that's the way I prefer to advance the knowledge and experience of my staff. If you don't feel that sharing is appropriate and that people should be derided for asking questions or offering solutions, then perhaps this isn't the forum for you.

And if they are blonde, that's fine too.

You and me both,. brother.

Bravo.

Micah

I learned something out of this!! And I used to be blonde (before Excel was invented) and I even tried dancing around a hat naked, but it didn't get me any women... in fact they all ran away.

Bill

Dear Guest,

Please reread the question I posted. Everybody knows how to rename a sheet manually in excel. My question is how to rename multiple sheets quickly like using replace feature to replace value in multiple cells. This is not a homework project.

Everyone gives valuable answer in this forum for free. I appreciate everyone who given answers. This forum is for sharing knowledge. I think this forum is not for you.

YOU ARE GIVING NON-SENSE THINGS FOR FREE. THIS FORUM IS NOT FOR YOU.

WHAT KIIND OF HUMAN BEING (GUEST) ARE YOU

Nayek

I had 200+ sheets to rename and that little macro did it instantly.

Thanking you

To whom are you speaking?